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Karl @Anderaon INVENTOR fifim ATTORNEY July 16, 1929. K. e. ANDERSONTABLE Filed Aug. 3, 1928 I II Patented July 16, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

KARL G. ANDERSON, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.-

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Application filed August 3, 1928. Serial No. 297,186.

This invention relates to improvement in adjustable tables adapted to beconnected to beds, couches or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide an adjustable table which maybe detachably 2L111X6Cl to a bed and which may be swung under the bedwhen not in use.

A further object is to provide a means for connecting a shaft to a bedsupport so that the table supporting bracket may pass the connection ofthe shaft with the bed and be lowered below that connection to be swungunder the bed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a section taken thru the bed showing the table andsupporting shaft in position.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure l.

A bed frame 1 is supported by casters 2 on a surface 3 and in turnsupports a mattress 4: and springs 5. The usual angle irons used forconnecting the ends of the bed and for supporting the springs areindicated by the numeral 6 and are also used to support the bracket 7which is part of the invention. Secured by welding or other means to thebracket 7 is a shaft 8, which extends above and below the said bracket.The bracket 7 is secured to the angle iron by a threaded bolt 9 whichbears against the inner surface of the iron and is adjusted by the wing10.

Adjustably supported on the shaft is the table 11 having downwardlyextending members 12 between which is slidably mounted a drawer 13. Thedrawer is mounted in the usual manner by having splines 14 on themembers 12 engage channels cut into the sides of the drawer. The tablemay be positioned anywhere on the shaft from the top to the bottom, itbeing adapted to be swung in any position after being secured in itsvertical position, by means of the following connections.

Secured to the members 12 by screws 16 is a bracket 17 having one endcurved in the form shown at 18 to fit around the shaft. Fitting justunder the bracket 17 is a leaf spring 19 which is held by the samescrews 16 and which is adapted to bear against the surface of the saidshaft 8. A bracket 19 similar to bracket 17 is secured to the members 12and is also adapted to engage the surface of the shaft, the curved endsof the two brackets conforming to the curve of the'shaft but notentirely encircling it. A cap 22 is secured to the lower end of theshaft and is formed with a lug 28 extending inwardly with relation tothe shaft.

The entire device may be attached to any bed by securing the bracket 7to the angle iron of the bed and positioning the table for use, that isin the relative position on the bed by sliding the bracket 7 along theangle iron to the desired position and then tightening the bolt 9. Thetable may be rotated freely on the shaft and also moved verticallybetween the ends of the said shaft to position the same. To put thetable into storing position it is swung into the position indicated bythe upper dotted lines in Figure 1 and moved vertically downward to thebottom of the shaft, the space between the curved ends 18 and 20 of thebrackets 17 and 19 allowing it to pass the bracket 7, and swung intoposition indicated by the lower dotted lines in Figure 1, the lug 23engaging the space between the curved ends of the brackets and securingit in position. To again position it for use it is merely necessary toraise the table slightly and slide it into position with the reversemovements used to put it in storage position. The spring 19 forms thetension means to hold the table in position without binding, the saidspring however projecting to allow it to be depressed by the finger.

WVhat is claimed is:

An adjustable table for beds comprising a shaft, a bracket securedthereto to secure the said shaft to the bed, a table, a pair of bracketssecured to the table and partly encircling the shaft, a springinterposed between the brackets and the shaft to tension the brackets onthe shaft, the said ends of the said brackets being spaced from eachother, and a cap having a lug adapted to fit into the space between theends of the brackets and hold the table in one position.

'In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

KARL G. ANDERSON.

